Gresford

For the small towns of Gresford and East Gresford in New South Wales, Australia, see East Gresford, New South Wales.

Gresford
Population
OS grid reference	SJ353549
Principal area	Wrexham
Preserved county	Clwyd
Country	Wales
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	WREXHAM
Postcode district	LL12
Dialling code	01978
Police	North Wales
Fire	North Wales
Ambulance	Welsh
UK Parliament	Wrexham
Senedd Cymru – Welsh Parliament	Wrexham

Gresford is a former coal mining village near Wrexham, Wales. The actual village is around a mile away from the site of the colliery. According to the 2001 Census, the population of the village and surrounding community was 5,334.

Until the late 19th century, the parish boundary encompassed an enormous area including Burton, Llay, Rossett and Gwersyllt. The bells of the parish church, All Saints' Church are one of the traditional Seven Wonders of Wales. Gresford Church as it stands now dates to 1492 and is a large and very well-built building considering the size of what the population would have been in the present day boundaries of the parish. The base of the church tower has earlier remnants of a previous building and an earlier roofline of a former transept can be detected in the tower. The colour of the stone is quite distinctive and is typical of the Wrexham area. It is a sandy brown colour and is called Millstone Grit. It is locally referred to as "Cefn" stone.

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See also

• Gresford Disaster
• List of United Kingdom disasters by death toll
• East Gresford, New South Wales is a village in New South Wales, Australia.

External links

• Wrexham County Borough Council: Gresford Colliery Disaster
• More on Gresford colliery disaster
• Gresford Athletic
• www.geograph.co.uk: photos of Gresford and surrounding area
• Welsh Coal Mines website: research the history of the local pit

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